John Hutchyns Tyndall 

 14 July 1934 – 19 July 2005

The above picture was taken just prior to  concerted vicious left wing attacks on NF members & supporters that day in Moss Side, Manchester,  in late June 1978. In support of the Parliamentary by-election then being held. The pub shown above, was at the junction of Princess Road and Mauldeth Road West .

One of the attacks by armed communists and IRA on the NF meeting, and who carried knives and iron bars, was successfully fought off just down Mauldeth Road West . The open air 'Election meeting' was being held at the side of the road, due to Manchester City Council breaking the law for elections and a duly nominated candidate.  The duly nominated National Front candidate for that Moss Side by-election was Mr.Herbert Andrew, a local schoolmaster.

There is a short film clip of that vicious attack that day, which was heavily rumoured to have been taken by Searchlight magazine communist  Steve Tilzey, and which is on Youtube.

John Tyndall was also pictured on the front page of SEARCHLIGHT magazine very soon after this day , where he is 'squaring- up' to the inrushing armed communists. JT did not hide nor shirk away, like almost all other politicians.

After the meeting, and on their way back to London. JT's minibus was rammed by a car on the southbound M6 near to Stone in Staffordshire by a gang of blacks from Notting Hill in London. The Police apprehended these characters, but no charges were ever brought. Which was 'par for the course' in the struggle.

After the armed communists were fought off for the open air meeting, the police actually arrested 2 NF members for defending themselves. No communists were arrested that day in spite of murderous violence- even though approximately 1,000 police were stood nearby. Many in riot gear.

The actress Vanessa Redgrave who was also a candidate for that election for the extreme left wing Workers Revolutionary Party, had been 'whipping up' mobs of blacks in Moss Side to do violence. On that same afternoon, many cars and vehicles containing white people travelling through Moss Side, were subjected to these mobs of hundreds strong throwing bricks and smashing up many of them. The most serious damage was done at traffic lights on Princess road, Moss Side.

Innocent white people just travelling through Moss Side were also seriously assaulted that day.